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**Subject:** Not quite the worst **Posted:** November 26, 2005 07:29 pm

I don't think the Colibri is that bad. True, it's slow. Horrendously slow. But say you come up against the Constitution. The Colibri's "L-range cannons cannot hit this ship" can come in handy then. I use it primarily as an anti-fort ship. Most forts that i see have L-range guns, so they can't touch the Colibri, and when you're attacking a stationary object, speed doesn't really matter. That's about the only thing it's good for though.

**Subject:** There are FAR worse ships. **Posted:** August 11, 2006 04:33 pm

Point distribution is a factor to take into account and at 7 points it's a way better deal than the self important La Repulsa from Spanish Main. It might have S+L movement but it's twice what Le Colibri costs and at the time Crimson Coast was released, she was in exclusive company as being one of the few ships that had protection from L-range cannons. La Repulsa also has one less cargo space and requires friendly ships for its laughable ability... but at 14 points, it's quite obvious that you'd be better off buying a ship that has more masts to begin with rather than bestowing a bonus upon a single cannon rank. Had the Spanish not commissioned the construction of La Repulsa, they might have remained a world power.

So, in closing, one could certainly do much better than Le Colibri but one could also do worse. Much, much worse.

"Last one home has to build a fleet with La Repulsa!"

lordstu · **Subject:** **Posted:** June 21, 2010 02:08 pm

Obviously this person had a bad experience with Le Colibri, perhaps they opened their closet and it fell and hit them in the eye or something?

Of course, being a five-year old review, unlike a good rye whiskey, this one has only aged for the worse. Navigators, Deleflote and a helmsman can all help out Le Colibri today. True, she's still not the greatest ship, but she can be played effectively with very specific roles in mind - as was mentioned previously, taking on a fort having only L-range cannons being only one of them. Take her out of her comfort zone, though, and she bcomes no more than cannon fodder.

Maybe a more recent review could do her justice?

**Subject:** **Posted:** June 22, 2010 09:14 am

This needs an update really really badly.

rizz · **Subject:** **Posted:** June 22, 2010 11:42 am

Just as an aside, this got edited AFTER I posted my vote of 5. With the current review I would have only voted a 1 or 2.

lt_v · **Subject:** **Posted:** July 2, 2010 07:39 pm

Not much of a review, just a bashing :p

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